Partner and not being helpful

Hi I’m really struggling right now with my partner he is not being really helpful with our daughter He won’t get up at night to change her or settle her back to sleep It’s always myself going to do it It’s starting to make me resent him Am I wrong for feeling this way I haven’t had much sleep in nearly three months. He sleep through her and Doesn’t seem interested in bonding with her. He makes stupid jokes about it I’m suffering with some depression at the moment and feel like I’m doing all the work and starting to feel like a bad parent I can’t take much more
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Talk to people, don’t let depression take over! My partner has depression, our son is his biggest mood booster but when he’s low I take over even more than I do, and I do everything already!! I make him talk to me to get things off of his chest & it does help! I’ve always told my partner yo stay in bed an let me sort out boy out because he drives tractors for a living and I don’t want him driving tired, I regretted that choice when baby was waking every couple of hours but now I just get on with it - I talk to my friends and even post on here to get things off of my chest! You’re not a bad parent, at all! You’re a mum! & I’m 100% sure you’re doing everything you can and more to provide a perfect childhood for your daughter!

Thank you have tried talk to people and I don’t really have any friends People stopped talking to me once I had my baby

Feel free to send me a message if you’d like someone who somewhat understands! Oh yes, you certainly find who the real friends are when having a baby!

You’re not wrong for feeling that way, being a mum is hard work let alone when you’re running on 0 sleep. But personally my partner works and has never done night feeds as I think it’s unfair when he’s working 12 hours a day. Maybe on a weekend ask your partner to watch your little one so you can get some sleep in x

The resentment is really hard to deal with! I do nights exclusively too but as I’m still BF not a lot he can help with there. At the weekends though we take turns having a lie in. Could that be a good place to start? Knowing at least one day a week when you can recharge a little?

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